Iraq Oil Rush - New York Times
Sunday, 22 June 2008 04:23

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Iraq Oil Rush
New York Times - 7 hours ago
So great is the demand for oil today - and so great the concern over rising prices - that it would be tempting to uncritically embrace plans by major Western oil companies to return to Iraq.
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